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| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | |
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Shown within Greater London | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | London borough |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 290th 57.41 kmē |
| ONS code: | 00BD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 84th 174,449 3,039 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 91.0% White 3.9% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council http://www.richmond.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Vincent Cable, Jenny TongeJennifer Louise Tonge (born 19 February 1941) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Liberal Democrat member of Parliament for Richmond Park in London, and was first elected in 1997. She decided not to stand again in the next election; and her repl |
| London AssemblyThe London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. It has power to scrutinise the Mayor and authority, conduct investigations, to amend the budget and to initiate proposals. London Assembly constit: - Member | South West London - Tony ArbourTony Arbour is a Conservative Party politician and member of the London Assembly for South West London. He was a GLC councillor for Surbiton from 1983 to 1986 and is the current leader of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. He was first elected a |
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is a London borough in southwest LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri. Unusually for a London borough, it straddles the River ThamesThis article is about the River Thames in southern England. For other meanings of the word Thames, see Thames The Thames ( pronounced /temz/) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. Course The Thames has a length of. It is home to Bushy ParkBushy Park is the second-largest of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the south-west of London, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames. 1100 acres (450 hectares) in area, Bushy Park lies immediately north of Hampton Court Palace and Hampton Court Garden and the National Physical LaboratoryThe National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the national measurement standards laboratory for the United Kingdom, based at Bushy Park in Teddington, near London. It is the largest applied physics organisation in the UK, and has a role similar to that of NIS.
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Middlesex borough of Twickenham with the Surrey boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Barnes.
It includes the areas:
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